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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1444 

To require that hunting activities be a land use in all management plans 

for Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior 

or the Secretary of Agriculture to the extent that such use is not 

clearly incompatible with the purposes for which the Federal land is 

managed, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 8, 2011 

Mr. BROUN of Georgia (for himself, Mr. BOREN, Mr. ROSS of Arkansas, Mr. 

ALTMIRE, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. REHBERG, Ms. 

JENKINS, Mr. MILLER of Florida, and Mr. MATHESON) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 

and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 

such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To require that hunting activities be a land use in all management plans for Federal land under the jurisdiction 

of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of 

Agriculture to the extent that such use is not clearly 

incompatible with the purposes for which the Federal 

land is managed, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. HUNTING ON FEDERAL LAND. 

2 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to re3 quire that hunting activities be a land use in all manage4 ment plans for Federal land to the extent that such use 

5 is not clearly incompatible with the purposes for which the 

6 Federal land is managed. 

7 (b) HUNTING ALLOWED UNLESS INCOMPATIBLE.— 

8 When developing or considering approval of a manage9 ment plan (or any amendment to such a management 

10 plan) for Federal land, the head of the agency with juris11 diction over such Federal land shall ensure that hunting 

12 activities are allowed as a use of such Federal land to the 

13 extent that such use is not clearly incompatible with the 

14 purposes for which the Federal land is managed. 

15 (c) PROHIBITING OR RESTRICTING HUNTING.— 

16 (1) REASONS SET FORTH IN MANAGEMENT

17 PLAN.—If hunting activities are not allowed or are 

18 restricted on Federal land, the head of the agency 

19 with jurisdiction over such Federal land shall set 

20 forth in the management plan for that Federal land 

21 the specific reason that hunting activities are not al22 lowed or are restricted. 

23 (2) RESTRICTION CLARIFIED.—For the pur24 poses of this subsection— 


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1 (A) allowing contract or quota thinning of 

2 wildlife shall not constitute allowing unre3 stricted hunting; and 

4 (B) a fee charged by any entity related to 

5 hunting activities on Federal land that is in ex6 cess of that needed to recoup costs of manage7 ment of the Federal land shall be deemed to be 

8 a restriction on hunting. 

9 (d) FEES.—Fees charged related to hunting activities 

10 on Federal land shall be— 

11 (1) retained by the head of the agency with ju12 risdiction over such Federal land to offset costs di13 rectly related to management of hunting on the Fed14 eral land upon which hunting activities related to the 

15 fee are conducted; and 

16 (2) limited to what the Secretary reasonably es17 timates to be necessary to offset costs directly re18 lated to management of hunting on the Federal land 

19 upon which hunting activities related to the fee are 

20 conducted. 

21 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

22 (1) the term ‘‘Federal land’’ means Federal 

23 land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the 

24 Interior (excluding lands held in trust for an Indian 

25 or an Indian tribe) or the Secretary of Agriculture; 


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1 (2) the term ‘‘hunting’’ means hunting, trap2 ping, netting, and fishing; and 

3 (3) the term ‘‘management plan’’ means a man4 agement plan, management contract, or other com5 prehensive plan or agreement for the management or 

6 use of Federal land. 

7 (f) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply to all 

8 management plans developed, approved, or amended after 

9 the date of the enactment of this section. 

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